Pre-booking for the 2024 Honda HR-V facelift has opened in Thailand, marking the first time the refreshed B-segment SUV appears in the South East Asian region. Changes this round sees the Toyota Corolla Cross rival (the Toyota sits on a higher C-segment but this is irrelevant to customers as they are priced similar to each other) earning a minor exterior refresh, which includes fresh wheels and the Sand Khaki Pearl colour; something that debuted with the pre-facelift car but didn't quite make it

BYD is forecasted to sell around 3.6 million battery EV (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars in 2024. Out of this, only 500,000 units (or 14%) will be sold outside of China. BYD is still heavily dependent on the Chinese domestic market, which is becoming increasingly difficult as consumers cut back on spending. BYD’s long-term goal is for exports (including the production of knocked down – KD – units in overseas plants) to contribute nearly 50% of BYD’s total sales. “Our overseas market will acc

Previously showcased at the Malaysia Autoshow in May, the 2023 Proton X50 R3 20th Anniversary Edition has just been launched earlier this morning. Limited to 200 units, it's priced from RM 125,300 sans insurance. That entire kit costs RM 12,000 above the base X50 1.5 Flagship's RM 113,300 price tag. Exterior Based on the Flagship variant, the X50 R3 Edition comes exclusively in satin black color with an R3 Aerokit package, including additional front lip, side skirts with carbon-like finish, a mo

Forget Ora or even Tesla, perhaps the EV maker that Malaysians are really looking forward to is BYD. China’s best-selling carmaker (in Nov 2022) just launched the BYD Atto 3 electric SUV in Malaysia and during its launch, public interest seems to be very high. Official distributor, BYD SD Motors Malaysia, claims that around 4,500 test drive appointments were made but did not disclose booking numbers which were quoted as “encouraging”. Bookings for the Atto 3 started early last month and customer

For the past couple of years, the compact 7-seater SUV / MPV segment has been relatively quiet. The two most notable launches in recent times include the Honda BR-V's debut in 2017 and the Perodua Aruz's launch in 2018. Come 2022, we expect things to shake up by a fair bit. Over the past few months, Toyota, Honda, and Mitsubishi introduced all-new or updated versions of their 7-seater SUV / MPV, all of which made their debut in Indonesia. Which is also why we will be using the Indonesian-spec mo

Although spare wheels are no longer offered in many premium cars (replaced with either run-flat tyres or tyre repair kits), spare wheels are still important for consumers shopping at the lower-end of the price spectrum. Prior to the Perodua Ativa’s (D55L) local launch, many Facebook users were saying that the Perodua Ativa doesn’t come with a spare wheel. This is not true. All variants of the Perodua Ativa come with a spare wheel. Full sized ones too, not those skinny 60 – 80 km/h speed limit sp